Episode 2872
March 2025 lunar eclipse
Fri, 2025-Mar-14 01:53 UTC
Length - 2:12
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With 179,632 views on Thursday, 13 March 2025 our article of the day is March 2025 lunar eclipse.
A total lunar eclipse will occur at the Moon’s descending node of orbit on Friday, March 14, 2025, with an umbral magnitude of 1.1804. A lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon moves into the Earth's shadow, causing the Moon to be darkened. A total lunar eclipse occurs when the Moon's near side entirely passes into the Earth's umbral shadow. Unlike a total solar eclipse, which can only be viewed from a relatively small area of the world, a lunar eclipse may be viewed from anywhere on the night side of Earth. A total lunar eclipse can last up to nearly two hours, while a total solar eclipse lasts only a few minutes at any given place, because the Moon's shadow is smaller. Occurring about 3.3 days before apogee (on March 17, 2025, at 12:35 UTC), the Moon's apparent diameter will be smaller.
This lunar eclipse will be the first of an almost tetrad, with the others being on September 8, 2025 (total); March 3, 2026 (total); and August 28, 2026 (partial).
This recording reflects the Wikipedia text as of 01:53 UTC on Friday, 14 March 2025.
For the full current version of the article, see March 2025 lunar eclipse on Wikipedia.
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